Combined planter and fertilizer-distributer.



J. W. PATTY. COMBINED PLANTER AND PBRTILIZBB. DISTRIBUTBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 190B.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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J. W. PATTY. COMBINED PLANTER AND PERTxLlzEh DISTRIBUTER.

` APPLICATION YLB'D MAY 1S), 1908. 918,361 Patented Apr.13,1909. I 2SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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JOSIAH W. PATTY, OF LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA.

COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DXSTRIBTER.

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y"To allwhom fit may coace'm: 1

.Be it known that l, Josine W. PATTY, a

citizen-1 ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Lehigh, in'the county of Goaland State of 45," Oklahoma, have inventedl a new and useful CombinedPlanter and Fertilizer-Distribw' ter, of which' the following is aspecification. rEhe anventionrelates to improvements in combinedplantersan'd fertilizer distributers.I L l, 'lhe'objeetof the presentinvention is to l improve the construction of ycombined plan- 4ters andfertilizer distributers, andV to provide asimple'andcomparativelyinexpensive one, designed"for'plantingcorn, cotton and y125 variousother seeds, and adaptediwhen planting corn' inJ hills, to dropl thefertilizer on ,f ie'ac'h hill; 'and capable when planting cotton Withthe'se and other objects in'view, the

hereto a pended; it' being understood that various-c anges-inthe forni,proportion, size andminor details ofv construction, within the scope ofIthe claims, may be resorted to wit vout de farting from the spirit orsacriil'cing'any of) the advantages ofthe invention.

In thev drawings Figure 1` is a side elevation of' acombined planter andfertilizer distributer, constructedin accordance with this invention, aportionof the frame and illustrate the fertilizer dropping gearing oneof the side wheels being broken away to Fig.

l `ig. 4-is-a'transverse sectional view, taken substantially on the line4-4 of Fig. 3. lfig: 5 is a detail seetionalview, taken transversely ofthe seed'hopper. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional'viewof the seed hopper,taken substantiallyo'n the line G-'6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a-v Vdetailviewof the fertilizer dropping gearing, showing the same forcontinutnisly more-clearly. Fig. 2.is a plan view.

" `drop ingI the fertilizer.

vLi ve numerals of reference designate corf responding parts 1n all thefigures ofthe draw- 50 ings;

iafxdfi It is provided at opposite sidesl Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 19, 1908'.

vcontinuous discharge of fer# the same by means of a central bolt 26.'seed disk, which. is constructed 1n the usual Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. 433,757.

with suitable bearings for an axle 5, having Journals for the receptionof wheels 6 and17 `The wheel 7, which may, if desired, be protionstoprevent it frein slipping, is-equipped at its'l'lub witha ratchet clutch8, arranged tol aetuate the axle when the wheel rotates forwardly, andadapted to permit the wheel to'y rotate rearwardly without turning theaxle. :The axle carries a sprocket wheel 9, which is connected by asprocket chain 10 with a sprocket pinion 1.1 of atransverse shaft 12,extending beneath a seed hopper 13 andv a fertilizer'hopper 14- andprovided'with fa slidable' clutch section 17. The slidable clutchsection 17, is providedI with a clutch face for engaging a correspondingclutch face 1'8' of the' sprocket pinion', and itl has an annulargroove, which is engaged by projections of aforlid shifting lever 19,'adapted to be oscillated to throw the slidable clutch member into andout of engagement with the clutch face of the pinio'n `11.-, whereby theseed dropping mechanism and the fertilizer dropping mechanism,hereinafter described, are thrown into and out of operation. The lever19, which is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends on one of its sidebeams, is provided' with a lip or projection 20, adapted to engage atransverse ratchet member 21 for locking the clutch sections or membersin and out of engagement. The transverse ratchet member 21 is providedwith a pair of notches, which are adapted to be engaged by the lip orprojection 2() of the lever.

The transverse shaft carries a bevel gear 22, which meshes with beveledteeth 23 ol a rotary seed disk 24, mounted upon the bottoni 25 of theseed hopper and journaled (1in 'l 1e manner, is provided with an annularseries oi' openings orlseed cups 27, and it operates beneath an upperplate 28 having a slot 29'to permit the corn, or other seed to enter theseed cups or openings of the rotary seed disk. The bolt 26' is providedat the top with a thumb nut 30; and the seed hopper is provided with abrush or cut-oit' 31, consisting of a block mounted within a box orcasing 32 and located at one end of the slot 29. The bottom 25 of thehopper is provided with a discharge opening 33, from which depends adischarge tube 34, which extends` to a point' the transverse shaftis'rotated,y rotary move-.-

ment will be communicated to the seed disk,

and the seed willbe dropped at intervals into` the seed tube 3 4intheusual mannen The sprocket gear for communicating' inotion to the`transverse shaftl is located-'at one side of the machine,.and the saidshaft is rovided at the opposite side 'of' the. niac 'ne with a rotaryarru t, detachably secured to j the shaft'byrneans of-a set sirewd, orother s 'ba-rn yard .'rnanure,

suitable meansand provided with 'an outer i curved-portion, f orrmngaearnI forfactuating a tapp'et wheel 37,-'n1'ountedona transverse shaft3d and provided Witha plurality of ta 39 adapted'i'to 'be successivelybreng t4 ets ipnto the'path of thearnij?, whereby when .the transverseshaft is' rotated-a rotary movenient will .be communicated' to the.'shaft 38 for dropping the fertilizer.` The tappets 3 9,

which are preferably three in number'so as tol drop three portions voffertilizer at 'each reverlution of the Wheel 37, consists of pinsprovided withheads andequipped-Wlth anti- .dro in friction sleeves 40.Any number of tappets' may, of course, be employed to drop the' fertilizer at the desired intervals, and to prop`vl erly time its droppingwith relation to the and imparts to the sarne one third of a corn pleterevolution, which brings the next tapcentrally pet in position to beactuated bythe arm 35aL at the 'next engagement of the same with vthetappetv wheel. l

The fertilizer-hopper 14,- which is arranged of thefrarne, is providedin its bottom Wit an opening 42, adapted to be varied in size by a slide43, adjustably mounted in suitable ways-.44 and provided with an ope ierating handle 45.* Thehandl'e is-connected the shaft 37 is rotated bythe rotary arrn and with the slide by a stern, #which extends through anopeningiiyfthe rearwall of thef fertilizer hopper. The' fertilizer'hopper is equi pedwith a depending discharge tube 46 1n w `c`h isarranged a rotary cut-oif 47, llaving three ,blades or wings andadapted'to fertilizer tube terminates at point above' and in rearfof thefurrow o4 ener and the fertilizer is (dropped on the ill of corn, whenthe tap ets, and the fertilizer' is also adapted to be cischarged in acontinuous stream, when th'efs'haft 37 is rotated bythe gearing,hereinafter described..

rlhe fertilizer is discharged at intervals when planting corn, but whenthe machine is r employed for 'planting cotton, the arni 3.5a is 49, orother' suitable means, an

Eithe hopper,

ping of the seed. The arin 35a rotates` e directionof the arrow in Fig:1' of the drawings, and it actuates the ratchet wheel eraserremoved,'and arpinion 48 is substituted for the arni, as illustrated inFig. 7 vof the 'drawings.y A continuousrotary motion will thenbecommunicated tothe shaft 38: and the fertilizer will be dropped 'inl` acontinuous/7'@ stream.' The; pinion.- 48' is-,detachably sei cured tothetransverse. shaft bya vet Jrew it niayJ/be readily placed on and removedfrom the said shaft. The fertilizer may consist of the ordinary butvother `forni of fertil'V er may be employed, and the'hopper 14is'equippedwith an agitator 50, consist-ing Vof atransverse Shftprovidedwithiro'ect-- a tde agitator shaft'extends throught esides of.

and it is connected with thev transvers'eishaft l2 by sprocket gearing,conf ing armsl, arranged at'intervals'an ed to stir thef contents of theho per,

sisting ff upper and lower 'sprocket'pinions V52 and 53 and a connectingsprocket chain 54:.V -.By kmeans of the agitator, which is located abovethe discharge-'tube 46, a. proper j.

feed of'fertilizer is insured.

The furrow opener 35 is secured toa centrally arrangedfront standard 55of a vertically adjustable frame 56j' suspendedbeneath the ,frame ofthemachine by a substantially l-shaped front link 57 anda vpair of rjear,'fl-inks 58. The. li-shaped. front link :is connected at its apexWiththe front ofthe verti-V cally adjustable framel by throughaperforation thereof, and it 1s' prof vided at the front terminals of'its' sides with eyes 59, which are linked, into .eyes .60l of bolts,that pierce the front extended portions of the intermediate longitudinalbeams l.. 'l he rear links are provided at their lower ends 'withterminal. pivots 61,Which are arranged isA suitable perforationsnof'sidebarsA 62 of the vertically adjustable frame, and the upper terminals ofthe linksSare: pivoted by`a pin other suitable fastenino. ilevice te ashort arinl of an adjiisting. ever 65. The yadiusting lever 6.5isjvpivoted at. its angle, and it extends upwardfrom-the' rear portionof the frame andv is equipped with a springactuated dog or detent 66,adaptedto.

engage toothed segment 67 andconnected with a latchlever The toothedsegment is -niol'lnted Yon the frame the lever 65, which is located.adjacent to a seat 6i) ,1.,is fadapted tube oscillated to raise", andlower the vertically adii1ste ,blev yfraine to, device prop-'"-position' the furrow :opening erly with relation. tothe soil. Thevertically adjustable frame carries aj pair. of sides or wings 70,furrow opening device and secured to the side of the machine, and

diverging rearwardly from thevroe bars or members 56, which alsocarryapair of rear standards 71. The rearstandards 7l support a pair ofcovering blades 72, which are adapted to throw the soil inWa'rdl tocover ithe seed after the fertilizer has een eraser on the same. Theseat G9 is 1 rodrop edu an vinciined standard, Whici vis vide witsecured tothe reardportion oi the frame. .l

to be elevated clear -oi the ferring themachinefrom one iieldor. placeto The vertically a ustable trarne adapted mediate longitudinal beams,which are ex tended in advance of the fronti transverse bar of thetrarne.

' HavinqP thus uily described n iy invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettersatent, isq-v '12 Amachine of Ithe class described in Icluding seed dropping v with arotary arm, and fertilizer dropping mechanism having a tappet Wheelprovided with aplurality of tappets larranged tobe engaged by the rotaryarin offthe seed dropping ie'chanisin-. l

lA machine of.' -the class described in- 'cludingseedidi'oppingjrnechanism having a .rotaryaim provi ed at its outerportion with A a -curvedcain edge, and fertilizer dropping mechanismprovided with a tappet Wheel having a plurality of tappets arranged tobe successively' actuated by the cain'edge of the rotary arm."l v

3. A machine' of thet class described inni .cluding seed dropping;mechanism having;` -a rotary arm, and fertilizer dropping mechanorblades, and the cut-of and' having a series of tappets ism comprising atube, and vprovided with a vplurality oin wings a tappet wheel connectedwith correspoijiding yin number to the wings or blades of 4the cut-offand arrangedto be successively actuated by the rotary arni.

4. A'machine'of the class described iiicluding seed dropping mechanism,teiitiliaer dropping-mechanismcomprising `a hopper, a discharge tubedepending-troni the-hopper,

a rotary cut-ofi mounted withintlie discharge tube and provided with aplurality 'of Wings 'orblades and downwardly converging danges" locatedat the front and back ci the discharge vtube andcoperating with thecubed?, and means for'l communicating motion from the seed .d`roping"mechanism to thecut-oti of the fertilizer dropping mechanism.

5. 'A- machine of the class described in- 'cluding' seed droppingmechanism Vwith ,zi-rotary arm, and' fertilizer mechanism comprisingahopper, a disc argc tube, a cuteoff operating in the discharge tubeandiprovidedwith a plurality` of wings 'provided ro ping ground intrans-v niccl'ianisin provided" hopper, a discharge tube, a )rotarycut-oid operating within the discharge or blades, downwardly convergingflanges arranged at the front and back of the discharge tube and locatedabove and' cooperating with the cnt-,otl", and a tappet wheel connectedwith the-.cutofi' and provided with tappcts correspondingl iii nuinbenwith ytheQwings or :blades of the onheil' and arranged, to be actuatedby the lrotary arm-of the seed drop pingy mechanism..

6. ,ln a rnachine of 'cornbination of a wheeled frame, seed dropping`mechanism, a transverse shaft extending across the franie, gearing forconnecting the shaft with the seed droppin mechanism, separategearingfor actuating txlie transverse shaft, the latter gearing being providedwith a clutch, a longitudinal shifting lever confor vcommunicatinginotion from the transverse 'shaft tothe fertilizer dropping mechanism.j

` 7. Ina machine of the class described, the

1 combination of a wheeled frame, a transverse shaft, ineens forcommunicating. inotionto the shaft, seeddroppin mechanism actuatedprovided with' aA discharge tube, a 4cut-off, a .tappet Wheel connectedvwith the cut-oil' and distributingmechanism also'carried by the wheeledframe, a vertically adjustable frame suspendedirom the wheeled fianie,'a furrow opener, wings diverging rearwardly from the furrow opener,.discharge tubes extending from .the sfeeddropping mechanism and thefertilizer distributing mechanism and discharging int the s' ace betweenthe said "wings, and'coivering ,lades locaiedin rear of theA wings andcarried by the adjustable frii'rne. f K- l In testimbny, t'hatl'claiInthe'foregoing as my own,lf^have hereto aiixedmy signature-inthepresence of two witnesses.

Josii-ii-i w, PATTY.

Vifjitnc'sses 'i FRANK Bowniis,

Wil-n.1 Meriem.

the class described, the

nected with the clutch and extending along,

'by the transverse shaIt,'-a fertilizer hopper pronided with tappets' arotary arm mounted icc

